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an examination of the plants themselves. ‘This was made by Dr. J. 
Torrey, also, on his visit at Paris, when he obtaimed access to the 
plants in the Herbarium of Michaux. 
Names by Mx. ‘ ; 
C. microstachya is C. polytrichoides, Muh. 
— typhina “ —. squarrosa, 
— vulpinoidea “ — stipata, Muh. ‘° 
— leporina * — scoparia, Schk. 
— Richardi “ —_. curta, Gooden. 
— triceps “ —_ hirsuta. Willd. 
— viridula appears to be a var. of C. Oedert, Ehrh. 
— scirpoidea is C. Wormskioldiana, Hor. 
— flava « — flava, L. 
— Oecderi “ —. Oederi, Ehrh. 
— folliculata “ — folliculata, L. 
— debilis « — flecuosa, Schk. 
— lenticularis ‘‘ — stricta, Gooden. 
— paupercula ‘“ — alba, var. setrfolia, D. 
— striatula “ — blanda, D. 
— rostrata is the small var. C. Xanthophysa. 
— subulata is C. Collinsti, Nutt. 
— plantaginea “ — plantaginea, and C. anceps. His deserip- 
tion embraces both species. 
— miliaris seems to be new. 
— oligosperma is C. Oakesiana, D. 
_ — striata, specimens imperfect, C. filiformis? Gooden. 
_ — lanuginosa is C. pellita, Muh. 
Arr. XIV.—Notice of the fossil teeth of Fishes of the United 
States, the discovery of the Galt in Alabama, and a proposed 
division of the American Cretaceous Group; by Smut, GEorGE 
Morton, M.D. 
Stxce the publication of my “Synopsis of the Organic Remains 
of the Cretaceous Group of the United States,” I have obtained 
some additional facts in reference to this portion of our Geology, and 
lose no time in placing them at your disposal. 
A letter from our distinguished friend G. Mantell, Esq., informs me 
that my plates of the fossil teeth of Fishes, &c. from the marl of 
this country, had been carefully examined by M. Agassiz, who 
thinks he has identified among them the following species : 
